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Bible Educational DVDs in American Sign Language -- Text 970-749-9465 or e-mail joel@aslstudy.com.  www.aslstudy.com

Autism Society wants to help make summer travel a bit easier with these helpful summer travel tips.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” campaign offers the Go Out and Play! Kit, a free resource for fun and interactive activities designed for children 3 through 5 years of age, as well as a lot of other important information about child development, specific disabilities, & and sharing concerns with parents.

New Mexico Autism Society  http://www.nmautismsociety.org

www.rethinkautism.com -a do-it-yourself ABA program (for $100/month). Interesting new concept for home-school, parents without ABA coverage and school districts.

Age of Autism

Adults With Disabilities Can Qualify For SSDI Benefits on Parents' Work Records - Although the typical Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) recipient has worked for a fairly long time before the onset of a disabling condition, an adult who became disabled before turning 22 can also qualify for SSDI if she has a parent who meets certain qualifications. Read more.

Need Help Paying for Medicine?  - If you don't have prescription coverage and can't afford your medicines, Partnership for Prescription Assistance or call 1-888-477-2669

Disability Law Handbook 

The Special Ed Advocate is a terrific free online newsletter about special education legal and advocacy topics. Subscribers learn about new cases, articles, seminars and training, special offers on books by Pete & Pam Wright, and other useful information about special education law and advocacy.

"Pandemic Flu Home Care: A Guide for Caring for the Ill at Home" is now available for free download. The daily updated web pages also include links to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ongoing updates about Swine Flu.

Microsoft funds mobile-phone software for autistic children -With financial and technical support from Microsoft, university researchers are developing software for mobile phones that uses pictures to help autistic children communicate. The software, available for download under an open-source license, lets kids form visual sentences by touching the phone's screen to select pictures and move them around.

Long Term Care - Across the States 2009: Profiles of Long-Term Care and Independent Living - This eighth edition of this reference report presents comparable state- and national-level data for more than 140 indicators on long-term services and supports from a wide variety of sources. Published approximately every two years, the series was developed to help inform policy discussions among public and private sector leaders. This publication presents the most up-to-date data available at the time of production, and is displayed in easy-to-use maps, graphics, tables, and state profiles.

Rehabilitation Act - A Description and Analysis of the Federal and Selected State Policy Frameworks Regarding Order of Selection under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act
When states are unable to serve all those eligible for vocational rehabilitation services, they are obligated to use an “order of selection” and first serve people with the most significant disabilities. The paper informs policymakers, agencies, providers, and consumers about the frameworks used by the federal government and selected states to deal with this issue.

How to Make Friends with Someone with Autism is a great little list of suggestions for typical kids to think about when they want to be a friend to someone with autism.

New IDEA Regulations Released by US Department of Education- On December 1, the Department of Education released new regulations for IDEA Part B that will take effect on December 31, 2008.  For the complete analysis of comments and changes to the final regulations see the Federal Register for December 1, 2008

Autism On-Line Legislative Database — http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/autism.htm

Seeking the public's input on health care — Former Senator Tom Daschle, President-elect Obama's newly appointed head of the Department of Health and Human Services, is seeking the public's input on health care at http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/join_the_discussion_daschles_healthcare

GovBenefits.gov — The GovBenefits.gov Connection is a quarterly eNewsletter about the GovBenefits.gov project. If you have comments or suggestions for items to include in future newsletters, or if you would like to be added to our distribution list, please contact us at: GovBenefitsMedia@dol.gov.

Veterans With Service — Connected Disabilities And The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA): A Guide For Employers — http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/veterans-disabilities-employers.html

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) News for U.S. Department of Justice – Receive notice when settlement agreements about the ADA take place — http://service.govdelivery.com/service/user.html?code=USDOJ

Talk About Curing Autism — http://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/index.htm

Special Needs Ministry Resources from LifeWay — http://www.lifeway.com

Travelers with Disabilities and Medical Conditions — http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/specialneeds/index.shtm 

NM Food Assistance Programs — http://www.oaaa.state.nm.us/SNAP%20Brochure.pdf